Realizing a laser-driven electron source applicable for radiobiological tumor irradiation |
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Authors: | Maria Nicolai Alexander Sävert Maria Reuter Michael Schnell Jens Polz Oliver Jäckel Leonhard Karsch Michael Schürer Melanie Oppelt Jörg Pawelke Malte C Kaluza |
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Institution: | 1. Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics, Friedrich-Schiller Universit?t Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743, Jena, Germany 2. Helmholtz-Institute Jena, Fr?belstieg 3, 07743, Jena, Germany 3. OncoRay, National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Technische Universit?t Dresden, Fetscherstra?e 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany 4. Institute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, P.O. Box 510119, 01314, Dresden, Germany
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Abstract: | Laser-accelerated electron pulses have been used to irradiate human tumors grown on mice’s ears during radiobiological experiments. These experiments have been carried out with the JETI laser system at the Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics in Jena, Germany. To treat a total of more than 50 mice, a stable and reliable operation of the laser-electron accelerator with a dose rate exceeding 1 Gy/min was necessary. To achieve this, a sufficient number of electrons at energies in excess of 5 MeV had to be generated. The irradiation time for a single mouse was a few minutes. Furthermore, the particle pulses’ parameters needed to remain achievable for a time period of several weeks. Due to the online detection of the radiation dose, the unavoidable shot-to-shot fluctuations, currently still typical for laser-based particle accelerators, could be compensated. The results demonstrate that particle pulses generated with laser-based accelerators have the potential to be a future alternative for conventional particle accelerators used for the irradiation of tumors. |
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